Culture of Hypocrisy

Posted on Jul 21, 2006

“Daily Show” host Jon Stewart seized upon Bush’s stem cell veto to explore the president’s “culture of life” inconsistencies. Where the potential of a frozen embryo is concerned, life is precious. The lives of Iraqi civilians, on the other hand, fail to carry the same weight.

Watch it:

Partial transcript:

[Debate clip of George W. Bush]

Bush: I think it?s important to promote a culture of life. I think a hospitable society is a society where every being counts and every person matters.

[End clip]

Stewart: Every being counts. Every person matters.

[Clip of George W. Bush at a press conference]

Bush: How many Iraqi citizens have died in this war? Um, I would say thirty thousand, more or less.

[End clip]

Stewart: Each one precious. Each one? Each one sacred-ish. As it turns out there seems to be a bit of a loophole in the ?culture of life? promotion thing.